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Effects of a psychoeducational intervention for direct care workers caring for people with dementia: results from a 6-month follow-up study

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Nolan, M.
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Sousa, L.
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Marques, A.
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Figueiredo, D.
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2016-03
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Aged-care facilities, Dementia, Person-centred care, Direct care workers, Psychoeducational intervention
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The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias. vol 31/ issue 2 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © 2015 The Authors.
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This study aimed to assess the effects of a psycho-educational intervention, designed to improve direct care workers’ stress, burnout and job satisfaction and person-centered communicative behavior with people with dementia. A pretest-posttest control group design was conducted in four aged-care facilities. Two experimental facilities received a psycho-educational intervention; two control facilities received an education-only. Data were gathered from fifty three care workers at baseline, immediately and six months after the intervention, through self-administrated instruments and video-recorded morning care sessions. The experimental group showed a significant decrease in care workers’ burnout and a significant improvement in several communicative behaviors (e.g., involvement). Stress levels deteriorated at six months and no intervention effects were found for job satisfaction. The findings highlight the importance of providing care workers with both technical competences and tools for stress management as this might be associated with a reduction of their levels of exhaustion and improved communicative behaviors.
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Barbosa A, Nolan M, Sousa L et al (2016) Effects of psychoeducational intervention for direct care workers caring for people with dementia: results from a 6-month follow-up study. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias. 31(2): 144-155.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1533317515603500
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